墾こん田でん

noun

newly cultivated rice field

Historical term referring to rice fields newly opened for cultivation, often in the context of ancient land reclamation policies.

• 奈な良ら時じ代だいには墾こん田でん永えい年ねん私し財ざい法ほうが施し行こうされた。

  In the Nara period, the law granting permanent private ownership of newly cultivated rice fields was enacted.